i went for my first run in over a week. between the easter holiday [gym closed for 5 days straight! not good!], having extra work and then having the period from hell and being dizzy for two days, I decided to go running when we went to the beach. I had a great run. No notion of how far or how long, none whatsoever. I ran down the beach. Stopped when I found something interesting, or wanted to stop. Saw a pizza-sized jellyfish washed up. Ran back along the road, saw a bunch of burrowing owls. Got a bit sunburned [boo]. But it was nice.

Today I ran a little over 6 k. 20 seconds faster than last time I ran this route, about 10 days ago or something. Not a huge speed increase, but it feels good to get faster at all considering I've cut back so much on running the last couple of weeks.

I just completed my first week of the Zombies Run! C25K training program. I found out that I can run for 10 minutes straight, which is about 9 minutes and 35 seconds longer than I thought I could run! It's not very dignified looking...but still!

I just completed my first week of the Zombies Run! C25K training program. I found out that I can run for 10 minutes straight, which is about 9 minutes and 35 seconds longer than I thought I could run! It's not very dignified looking...but still!

Nice one. Well done you! I'm too scared to even look into the Zombies run thing. I think it would scare the living crepe out of me! Might improve my PB though!

I just completed my first week of the Zombies Run! C25K training program. I found out that I can run for 10 minutes straight, which is about 9 minutes and 35 seconds longer than I thought I could run! It's not very dignified looking...but still!

Nice one. Well done you! I'm too scared to even look into the Zombies run thing. I think it would scare the living crepe out of me! Might improve my PB though!

Thanks! I do find myself with a heightened sense of paranoia when using it. However, there's a good narrative besides the zombies which make it a lot of fun to follow!

I've just got back from the gym. I stepped on the treadmill & then the next minute I was on the floor. The previous user had left it running & I didn't notice. I've hurt my wrists, neck & cut my knees open. The worst thing was the gym was full & not one person asked me if I was okay & I was too hurt & shocked to be able to do my run.

what kind of fuckbag would leave their treadmill running and WALK AWAY? that's horrible! even worse the reaction?! even my gym i think they would be solicitous. i'm so sorry, that's so many different types of terrible in one event.

I'm so sorry that happened to you, Chickpea! So aggravating when a bad thing gets compounded by even more inconsiderate people. I hope you recuperate quickly! And then, if you can, run outside!! (which has its own set of drawbacks) :)

I'm so sorry that happened to you, Chickpea! So aggravating when a bad thing gets compounded by even more inconsiderate people. I hope you recuperate quickly! And then, if you can, run outside!! (which has its own set of drawbacks) :)

Thanks Quagga. The filling from my tooth fell out yesterday which I'm sure is from my teeth getting slammed as I fell. I much prefer running outside but it's just been SOOO cold or really windy. The weather is supposed to be warming up this week though.

torque wrote:

i am angry on your behalf. want me to call up your gym and yell at them?

I don't want to go back there for a while. It has really knocked my confidence & is giving me a lot of anxiety. Luckily with the membership I have I can use a few different gyms. It's just that is the only one with a steam room & sauna.

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I do them by myself and with friends for fun all the time! I set absolutely zero expectations for myself, and that makes it a lot easier to just relax and have fun. For me, I like having another one under my belt more than setting a PR. And if I happen to run faster than I normally do, cool.

If you ever happen to be visiting NY and want to run a race with someone, hit me up. Seriously!

So I joined a trail running group on meetup. Most of the group are exclusive trail runners (very few road runners) and many of them are ultra racers but they are all super friendly and welcoming. They do a weekly 10-15km runs on Tuesday and "hills" (a mountain ascent!) on Wednesdays plus random stuff on the weekends.

I went out on tuesday and we did between 12-13km on the trails and it was great! I'm going to try and get out most weeks and I'm looking forward to see how this impacts my road running. Exciting!

So I've started a training plan for 10 k in 65 min 5 weeks ago and it's going great. My next run will take me the whole 10 k but in longer time than the goal. However, I think I want to switch to a half marathon training plan... I would really love to run one this early fall, most preferrably in Reykjavik, Iceland, but if that wont be possible due to work there's also Stockholm, Sweden (2 hours by train). Now I just need to find a new training program and switch to. I've been using the plan on runkeeper, but the half marathon one is not adjusted to the metric system and even though I guess I could convert it it irritates me!